Thursday, July 22, 2010

7-22-2010- I Day Post- Transplant (2)

Update:

I did not see Mitch until about 330am this morning after his transplant surgery. He was unconscious-
He was being filled with bags and bags of transfused blood, as he had lost a lot of blood during the surgery and continued to lose blood.

He lost a lot of blood because of it being a second transplant surgery and of all the appendages and scar tissue.

The next morning, he was somewhat conscious, yet agitated and frustrated because he was trying to communicate with a giant breathing tube in his mouth.
He had been continuing to lose about 220cc's of blood per hour so they decided to open him up again and look and see if they could locate and seal off the "leak".

So Dr H did exploratory surgery to locate the source, found it, and sealed it up.

Dr H says everything is ok. His vital signs are OK. More tomorrow...

5 comments:

Tere Carrubba said...

hang in there - my thoughts & prayers are with all of you

Evonne bradford said...

I'm thinking about you, too.

jean said...

Go Mitch. You are so strong.! Love Jean and Paul

Anonymous said...

Best wishes and good luck to all of you. I know this is almost as bad on the family as it is on Mitch. My prayers are with all of you. Can't say much about your barber, but I know the price was right.

Mayor Mike

Gayle said...

Mitch, stay strong, we'll all get through this. We love you. mom